Tuesday, January 11 2005 14:24 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Patna: JD-U (Janata Dal-United) national general secretary Tanvir Hassan today (Jan 11, 2005) resigned from the post to protest the alliance with BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) for the February Assembly polls in Bihar.

''I have faxed my resignation to the JD-U president and NDA (National Democratic Alliance) convenor George Fernandes expressing my displeasure over the poll-pact with BJP which was done against the wishes of a majority of party workers,'' he told sources in Patna.

Hassan, also an MLC, charged Fernandes with ''compromising the interests of JD-U due to his soft attitude towards BJP which has a communal image among the people.''

''Fernandes and other senior leaders, instead of strengthening the party by generating confidence among secular voters have compromised JD-U's interests due to their friendship with the BJP,'' he alleged.

There was no proper coordination between the party leadership and the common worker. ''In this condition, I feel suffocated as there is no point continuing in the post of the JD-U national general secretary," he said.

If the party leadership did not mend its ways he said he might be compelled to leave the party.